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Toadies Pay Tribute To David Bowie With Cover of ‘Heroes’: band offer free download, encourage fans to donate to American Cancer Society in late singer’s honor. The death of David Bowie has shaken his fans to the core, and veteran Texas alt-rockers The Toadies are no exception. Click here for Why David Bowie’s Death Hurts […]
Why David Bowie’s Death Hurts So Damn Much: Feeling The Thin White Duke Blues? Join the club. Looking back on an icon. Even before I heard he died, David Bowie has been on my mind as of late. My newborn daughter has enjoyed Rockabye Baby, a collection of Bowie songs, lullaby style. I’d been listening […]
RIP Scott Weiland: His 25 Best Songs: remembering the late singer and lyricist with this ultimate playlist of songs from Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver and his solo material. On December 4th, the news broke that former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland died in his sleep at the age of 48. The saddest part of this announcement to […]
SLIS Holiday Gift Guide: Best Music Box Sets of 2015-our picks for this year’s coolest music box sets and rock music specialty items. UPDATED: Cyber Monday deals highlighted in red! The holiday season is officially upon us, and there is no shortage of awesome gift choices for the rock music fan in our life. I’ve […]
SLIS’s 2014 New Year’s Eve Party Playlist: our killer mix of vintage and current rocking tunes to celebrate on NYE. I’m having a hard time believing it’s only a few days until 2014’s ass gets hit by the door on its way out, only to be trampled by the arrival of 2015. But time flies as […]
David Bowie premieres ‘Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)’ in advance of upcoming 3-disc compilation. David Bowie is set to release his greatest hits/rarities collection Nothing Has Changed on November 17th. And he offered a teaser, premiering new song ‘Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)’ on BBC’s Radio 6 program. While this is a new track, […]
David Bowie Five Years Documentary Review: Showtime airs documentary of Bowie’s most striking musical incarnations. [rating=5] Many artists are inspired by David Bowie’s need for constant reinvention, but he remains peerless in his pursuit of shedding his skin to esoteric artistic heights. And his chameleon-like career gets a through examination on David Bowie Five Years, a […]
Record Store Day 2014 Releases Revealed: Expect a cavalcade of sonic goodies to arrive on April 10th. Here’s my list of best picks. The official release list for Record Store Day 2014 is out, and it is chock full of great stuff. So much so that it’s pretty overwhelming. Click here for the full U.S. […]
40 Most Underrated Alternative Rock Albums Part 1: Counting down some of the best alt-rock records that never got their due. Declaring an album underrated is always subjective, but it seems Alternative Rock is a genre where some truly great albums often fall through the cracks. The reason is simple; when you have an all umbrella […]
Lou Reed has died at the age of 72. Here’s a tribute playlist of some of his best songs. Rock fans the world over were greeted with sad news this past Sunday; Lou Reed passed away at 71 years old. He died from complications of a liver transplant (but news on the reasons leading up […]
